Two more days passed, and the much-anticipated Spring Imperial Examination finally began, and hundreds of thousands of scholars from all counties in the world finally won the moment they dreamed of.

Before dawn, more than 100,000 scholars entered the Imperial City, Taixue, and Guozixue to participate in the three-day examination, and the streets and alleys of Luoyang suddenly quieted down.

It was also at this time that the Dou family finally got the exact news that Liang Jingyao was on his way to Luoyang from Ye County.

In the room, Li Shimin hung up a map and said to Zhang Xuan on the side: "Liang Jingyao set off from Ye County two days ago, and he can arrive at Yanshi as soon as tonight, once he enters the Luoyang realm, Yuwenshu will send troops to escort him, then we will have no chance, we must ambush before he enters Yanshi, we have about fifty warriors to participate in the ambush, and the general will also participate?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Of course I want to participate, but I'm more concerned about whether the news is accurate?" ”

"The news must be accurate, Wuchuan Mansion also has lurking people in the Bohai Society, this is a pigeon letter sent from Ye County last night."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "The Bohai Society should also know the importance of this Liang Jingyao, will they go to Yanshi openly, secretly go to Yique, or take the North Mountain into Luoyang, if we only focus on the line of Yanshi, will they make a mistake?" ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "The general is too worried, if there is no leak of Xu Yin, we will not know about Liang Jingyao at all, if there is no secret agent lurking in the Bohai Society, we will not know that Liang Jingyao arrived in Luoyang tonight, and Yuwenshu has sent an army to prepare to pick up people, I think Bohai will not be cautious to this extent." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled dumbly, he was really worried, and at this time, Li Shimin said slowly: "Getting rid of Liang Jingyao only saves the general from future troubles, but it can't prevent the Bohai Society from continuing to collude with the Yuan family." What's next for the general? ”

Li Shimin meant that he couldn't just help you, you also had to help us, he was reminding Zhang Xuan, of course Zhang Xuan understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Get rid of Liang Jingyao first." I will never break my word. ”

"Good!"

Li Shimin took out a drawing and a bronze medal and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "This is our detailed plan of action tonight, there may be small changes, but the main plan remains the same, if the general wants to participate, you can choose the time and place to lurk, the bronze medal is a token, and someone will answer the general." ”

Zhang Xuan took the map and said with a smile: "Let Li Gongzi bother." ”

"It's my job, it's not early. I'll take my leave. ”

Li Shimin bowed and hurriedly left, Zhang Xuan opened the plan map again, carefully checked Li Shimin's masterpiece, when to start, several important nodes on the plan map are clearly drawn, next to it is a detailed description, where to deploy troops, where to start. The backup plan and so on are written in great detail.

Zhang Xuan secretly admired. Li Shimin was able to plan an action so carefully at a young age, it can only be said that this person is a rare genius.

Zhang Xuan also fell into deep thought, getting rid of Liang Jingyao is only the first step of their action, even if there is no Liang Jingyao, the Bohai Society will still use other methods to deal with themselves, the key is to break the tripartite alliance. What should I do?

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan left Luoyang City with Wei Chigong and Pei Xingyan and galloped towards Yanshi County, fifty miles away.

When Zhang Xuan and the others arrived in Yanshi County, it was already dusk, and they restrained their war horses outside the East City Gate. Looking around for a contact point, at this time, Wei Chigong pointed to a wine shop near the city gate in front of him, "General, there!" ”

Zhang Xuan also saw it, a three-story restaurant, and the wine banner on the flagpole outside had the words 'natural residence' written on it, which was this restaurant, and the Dou family set up a secret contact point in Yanshi County, Zhang Xuan immediately urged the war horse to run to the front restaurant.

The three of them found a window seat on the second floor and sat down, and a bartender came up to greet him politely, "The small shop is rich in wine and food, what do the three guest officers want to order?" ”

Zhang Xuan took out the bronze medal and put it on the table and said, "Let your shopkeeper come to see me!" ”

The bartender was startled, and hurriedly said, "Son, I'll go find the shopkeeper later." ”

He hurriedly ran downstairs, and after a while, the shopkeeper of the wine shop greeted him with a smile and saluted, "May I ask if it's General Zhang?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "What's the situation now?" ”

"Second Prince Li has already brought someone to go, he asked me to tell General Zhang that he is in Songpinggang, General Zhang can go to Songpinggang, or you can wait here, this is the only way to enter the city."

"Thank you, bring us some food and drinks first, we'll decide when we're full!"

"General, please wait!"

The shopkeeper left quickly, and Pei Xingyan whispered to Zhang Xuan: "General, I think it's better for us to go to Songpinggang, it's best to do it yourself, and you can't fake it to others." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, Pei Xingyan's suggestion went with him, if he didn't do it himself, how could he rest assured

Songping post is located on the official road ten miles east of Yanshi City, it is a low hill that stretches for about three miles from east to west, the hillside is covered with dense pine forests, the easternmost side of the hill is just the intersection of the two official roads in the north and south, east and west, it is the only way to go from south to north, and the geographical location is very important.

Due to the large number of pedestrians, there are many shops on both sides of the fork in the road of Songpinggang, mainly inns and tea sheds, and when night is about to fall, more than 20 horseback riders come from the official road to the east.

The first horseman was a scribe of about thirty, wearing a blue satin robe, with white skin, and he looked shrewd and capable, this person was Liang Jingyao, the eldest son of Liang Zhi, the former Beihai Taishou Liangzhi, who originally lived in Licheng County, and was secretly received by the Bohai Society more than a month ago.

After Liang's death, his wife, sons, and daughters basically gave up the investigation of the cause of Liang's death, and it was not until the Bohai Society intervened in the matter that Liang Jingyao had to obey the arrangement of the Bohai Society.

There is also a guard next to him, named Wang Zhihua, one of Gao Hui's henchmen, burly and strong in martial arts, he is nominally to protect Liang Jingyao's safety, but in fact he escorted Liang Jingyao to the capital to prevent him from running away halfway.

Liang Jingyao is currently the key figure in Liang Zhi's case, and the Bohai Society also attaches great importance to him, and only a few core figures of the Bohai Society know about his secret entry into Beijing this time, and only Yuwenshu and Yuan Min know about the rest.

Gao Hui was also a little worried that the news would be revealed, so he specially sent the pigeon letter back, asking for at least twenty warriors with strong martial arts to be sent to protect it.

The Liang Zhi case will also be the first tripartite cooperation between the Bohai Society, the Yuan clan and the Yuwen clan, which is of great significance and cannot afford the slightest mistake.

At this time, Liang Jingyao looked at the sky, and saw two inns in front of him, and said to Wang Zhihua next to him: "Wang joins the army, it's getting late, why don't we find a place to stay, eat something, rest overnight, and leave tomorrow." ”

Wang Zhihua shook his head, "Madame asked us to arrive in Luoyang before tomorrow morning, Luoyang is not far away, let's walk hard all night, and then rest after arriving in Luoyang!" ”

Liang Jingyao didn't say anything, he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he had been on the road day and night for two days, tired and hungry, he couldn't hold it anymore, he actually had to go to Luoyang to rest, what did they think of themselves, prisoners?

Wang Zhihua also realized the other party's dissatisfaction, and he had to appease him a little, otherwise he would have an accident and he would not be able to explain it to his wife.

"Liang Gongzi, there is a tea shed over there."

Wang Zhihua pointed to a tea shed in the distance that had not yet closed and said with a smile: "Let's go take a break, drink some hot tea, and eat something, what does Childe think." ”

Although it is still a little short compared to the guest house, there is hot tea and hot rice, Liang Jingyao also thinks it is good, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" Go sit and sit. ”

Everyone walked towards the tea shed together, and the shopkeeper of the tea shed greeted him, with a smile on his face: "You are the last batch of customers of the small shop today, what a coincidence!" ”

Everyone found a seat to sit down, Wang Zhihua waved his hand, "First serve hot tea, and then serve good food, I won't order it." ”

"Here we go!"

The shopkeeper ran to arrange, one man served them hot tea, the other went to feed the horses, the room heard the sound of clattering meat, and the tea shed was busy.

At this time, Liang Jingyao looked at this tea shed, this tea shed can seat at least forty or fifty people, but there are no other guests, only about twenty of them, Liang Jingyao asked the guy: "Don't you do business at night?" Why is it just us, and no other guests? ”

The guy scratched his head, pointed to the official road and shouted, "Isn't that another guest?" ”

I saw a large group of samurai, there were more than 30 people, all with knives and bows, looking murderous, and when they walked into the tea shed, they took up half of the seats, Wang Zhihua lowered his voice and said: "It should be a samurai who entered Beijing to participate in the Heroes Club, and there are many people who practice martial arts in the capital recently." ”

At this time, three burly young warriors came on the official road, holding very strange weapons, leading high-headed horses, and also entered the tea shed and sat down, and they sat on the very edge, just sealing their other retreat.

"Why are they all martial arts practitioners, and there are no merchants?" Liang Jingyao asked the guy casually.

Liang Jingyao's unintentional words made Wang Zhihua frown, and he suddenly had a sense of foreboding. (To be continued......)